Mt. Blue’s Dawson Black (10) goes up for a shot as Lewiston’s Steven Beauregard (32) and Yasin Mohamud (24) watch during a basketball game in Farmington on Wednesday night. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — The Mt. Blue Cougars tried everything to disrupt Lewiston’s rhythm on offense, but the Blue Devils never really broke ranks thanks […]
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Boys’ basketball: Oxford Hills hands Bangor first loss
Oxford Hills’ Will Dieterich goes up against Bangor’s Isaac Cummings on Tuesday in Paris. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Coaches often preach that good defense leads to easier offense, but Oxford Hills coach Scott Graffam was hoping for the opposite from his Vikings on Wednesday night. Oxford Hills finished at the basket and kept Bangor […]
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Boys’ basketball: Joziah Learned leads Leavitt to big win over Morse
BATH — The Leavitt Hornets jumped out to a fast start and never looked back, sinking the Morse Shipbuilders 84-67 in a boys’ basketball contest Wednesday evening. The Hornets were hot to start, pushing their lead to 15-6 midway through the opening quarter. Leavitt started the game 6-for-7 from the field, while the Shipbuilders were […]
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Varsity Maine basketball polls: Edward Little top-ranked boys team
Oxford Hills, Gray-New Gloucester girls in girls’ poll.
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High school basketball roundup: Leavitt boys, girls sweep Poland
TURNER — Leavitt got everyone involved early and often and cruised to its fifth win in a row to start the season, 90-42 over Poland, in boys’ basketball action on Monday. Jozian Learned tallied a game-high 19 points for the Hornets (5-0), while Cole Morin (12 points, 10 rebounds, six blocks) and Wyatt Hathaway (12 […]
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Local roundup: Cougars win tight one over Hampden
FARMINGTON — The Mt. Blue boys’ basketball team handed Hampden Academy its first loss of the season Saturday, 73-72, on Saturday afternoon. James Anderson paced the Cougars (5-1) with 23 points. Garrett Reynolds added 16 and Caleb Talbot scored 11. Nine players scored for Mt. Blue. Hampden’s Bryce Lausier led all scorers with 38 points, […]
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Boys’ basketball: Parker Desjardins leads Forest Hills to rout of Rangeley
Rangeley Lakes Regional School’s Nolan Boone (11) battles for a rebound with Forest Hills High School’s Brandon Gilboe (5) at Cony High School in Augusta on Saturday. (Morning Sentinel photo by Michael G. Seamans) AUGUSTA — It doesn’t really matter where Parker Desjardins plays, as long as the basket is 10 feet off the floor […]
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Local roundup: Bri Jordan leads Gray-New Gloucester to win over Yarmouth
GRAY-NEW GLOUCESTER — Brianna Jordan had 12 points, five assists and four steals for Gray-New Gloucester, who used a 13-4 run in the third period to pull away and earn a 39-26 girls’ basketball victory over Yarmouth on Friday. Jordan Grant chipped in 11 points for Gray-New Gloucester (6-0), which led 30-15 through three quarters. Margaret […]
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Boys’ basketball: Ashtyn Abbott takes over in Hall-Dale’s win over Winthrop
AUGUSTA — Ashtyn Abbott was everywhere — at the end of seemingly every drive, in front of what seemed like every pass, under what appeared to be every rebound. Just the kind of effort the Hall-Dale boys’ basketball team needed to win one of the first marquee matchups of the season. Abbott scored 26 points, […]
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Boys’ basketball: Gray-New Gloucester holds off pesky Yarmouth
Gray-New Gloucester’s Zackary Pomerleau (0) makes a basket while being fouled by Yarmouth’s defense during Friday’s game. Gray-New Gloucester won 58-52. (Portland Press Herald photo by Brianna Soukup) GRAY — Gray-New Gloucester has had some trouble closing out close games this winter, but Friday evening, at home against a Yarmouth squad that simply wouldn’t quit, […]